Courtney Tossounian, AIAAssociate

Courtney skillfully leads the design of municipal, transportation, utilities, university, school, and entertainment projects. She’s performed services from start to finish, from feasibility studies to estimating, materials selection, and construction. As an active member of AIA’s Emerging Professionals Committee and a City of Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, she also demonstrates an exceptional commitment to professional and public service.

She is currently project architect for two new facilities for Southern California Edison. For the Mesa Substation in Monterey Park, she is a key member of the A-E team designing an operations building, and maintenance and test building. The operations building includes exceptional security measures and FM 200 fire suppression systems. In North Palm Springs, she’s leading the design of a similar M & T

Demonstrating Courtney’s strong understanding of ADA and accessibility codes, she completed a survey of 25 elementary school campuses in Palmdale. The findings enabled the School District to prepare a long term plan for implementing much needed improvements.

Representative projects include:

Occidental College – Pauley Hall (Dorms) Renovation

SC Edison:

Mesa Substation – Operations, M&T Building

Pardee Substation – M&T Building

Ontario SC Restroom Addition and Site Improvements

Pomona TSD Restroom and Cafe Central Renovation

LAUSD:

Our Community School – Modernization

Griffith Middle School – HVAC Replacement

City of Burbank - Administration Services Building – Renovation

Long Beach Transit:

Fanwood Avenue Bus Stop

McNab Avenue Bus Stop

Orange Avenue Bus Stops

Universal Studios Hollywood:

International Café Renovation

Grab-n-Go Food Service

Finlay’s Conversion to Cinnabon

Hollywood Shoppe Renovation

EDUCATION:

Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Bachelor of Architecture

REGISTRATION:

Architect in California, C-34674

Tree People Citizen Arborist

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Institute of Architects (AIA), Pasadena & Foothill Chapter, Member

Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee, Chair